The Hoosier Schoolmaster is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Oliver L. Sellers and starring Henry Hull, Jane Thomas, and Frank Dane.Darby p. 424 It is an adaptation of the novel The Hoosier Schoolmaster by Edward Eggleston.Progressive Silent Film List: The Hoosier Schoolmaster at silentera.com The film was remade as a post-Civil War talkie in 1935.
Plot As described in a film magazine review, during pre-Civil War days, Ralph Hartsook is the headmaster in the Flat Creek School District of Indiana. Hannah Thompson works for the family where Ralph boards. They fall in love. An epidemic of night robberies breaks out and Ralph is suspected of being the criminal. After a variety of adventures and with the aid of Bud Means, Ralph establishes his innocence, confounds his enemies, and weds Hannah.
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Preservation A print of The Hoosier Schoolmaster with one reel missing is held at the UCLA Film & Television Archive and Library of Congress.Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Hoosier Schoolmaster
References
Bibliography Darby, William. Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films. Scarecrow Press, 1991.
External links
Stills at moviessilently.com